Blogging Redux: Twitter made me Vegan
Today’s not only my coronation ceremony as Teacher of the Year 2011, but the second anniversary of my decision to “go vegan”. (A quick vegan shout out to The Waterview Pavilion in Belmar – they did an excellent job creating a delicious vegan lunch for the only non-meat or fish eating Monmouth County TOTY.) I’m republishing a blog post I wrote on May 25, 2009 about how Twitter played a big part in my decision. Twitter was a cocktail party back then (as opposed to the frat kegger it’s heading towards), and I found many real people discussion their eating choices online. So let’s revisit a more innocent time when cutting animal products from my diet was new and challenging…and peaches are back in season, so...
On the Needles – Sunglasses Case & Father’s Day Gift
I delayed this post because my daughter asked me to knit a sunglasses case for her friend Paige as a birthday present. Sarah found a beautiful tea set but wanted to add something to the gift. Being a good daughter, she fed my yarn stash on Mother’s Day and then promptly picked one of the yarns she gave me for use in this new project. I tend toward bright colors (primarily pink and purple – can you tell?) so knitting a plain brown sunglasses case worried me … until I finished it. The yarn color took on some depth when knit, and Paige loved all of her gifts! The lighting isn’t great and I took that photo with my iPhone, but you get the idea! I also started a scarf for Father’s Day for my Dad. This is the first time I’ve...
I’m going to TWTRCON!
Last June, I was fortunate enough to attend TWTRCON, advertised as “a full-day immersion in the mobile, social and realtime web” in New York City. Active in social media for 2 years at that point, I’d organized a jersey shore social media event in 2009 but was (and am) employed full-time as a New Jersey teacher. Opportunities to hear leaders in the industry discuss how they integrate Twitter into their marketing plan were few and far between due to my schedule and income. I was lucky enough to attend TWTRCON via the “Go Standby” program (a deep discount, trust me), and I chose to write about the experience over on the VoxPopNJ blog. This year I’m attending the event, now known as The Realtime Report, through the same...
Ode to Code
As I thought about this blog post, I was tempted to write either a poem or a blog post in code. Sadly, my ability to write poetry peaked in high school with my own version of a Cantebury tale, and so few readers would understand a post in code that I created the list below then sat down to just write. Language: it’s what I love about code. Over the decades I’ve been coding, people regularly remark, “You must be good at math if you’re good at programming.” This is a blatant fallacy . I learned to code because I suck at math! Way back before my kids were born when I wrote marketing proposals for an engineering company, I came in contact with a phrase I still shudder to hear: “billable hours”. As an English major,...
On the Needles: Cotton!
This week’s on the needles I have an infinity scarf I’m knitting for my daughter out of cotton yarn. I chose cotton because I wanted her to be able to wear it this spring, and I’ve never worked with cotton before. So far, I like the fiber but it doesn’t have as much “give” as acrylic. I’ve also spent way too much time looking for a button or two to sew on the scarf to give it some style and have yet to find any I like. Steampunk buttons were tempting but I think these are too heavy for cotton. Any suggestions are appreciated! I’m knitting six rows then purling six rows to give it some texture and a striped look. Here’s a closeup of my progress so far: Hope my baby girl likes...
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